Peccadillos, Too Much Information

I am not a prude, nor have I led a monastic life. I was raised by parents who were not too far removed from Victorian values and mores, so my sex education was somewhat limited, virtuallu nonexistent, except for watch mu Uncle Paul's black angus bull named Ferdinand when he was in Spring heat. Now, that was a site! Nothing left to the imagination there.

Fast forward to Bill Clinton, Jim McGreevey, Elliott Spitzer, and even now Governor Patterson. Thanks to Bill Clinton, we all were forced to have chats with our children about oral sex. And, thanks to Biill, that particular form of sex play is no longer sex. It is fair game, perhaps only a game, because it depends on what the "definition of is, is." Thanks, Bill, a great legacy for our children. What kind of a village did you envision?

Jim McGreevey. Not only do we now find out that it was you, your boy toy, and your wife, you gave him a key security position without any background or rationale in one of thhigh target areas of the country. Have you no regard for anything but satisfying the desires of your penis?

And Elliott, now we read that not only did you pay exorbinant rates for what you could have had freely for the asking given your power and "prestige," you actually had sex with your long black socks on. You are a geek and a nerd. And a bit tasteless. Please just go away and don't blame your addiction, though it is apparent you are at least a foolish, selfish man, andperhaps sick, too.

And just when one thought maybe New York had a normal man, a Governor that folks might rally behind, the sleaze continues. How many women are making six figures in jobs around the state thanks to a little sleight of hand, roll in the hay, with New York's new Governor. Are they prostitutes, too? Maybe. And they still have their jobs? Ain't it great?

We don't need sex ed in the schools, at least not in the tri-state area. Our former president and our governors are giving us more information than we ever wanted. Please crawl back under your rocks.

Peter J. Flierl, MSW, the co-founder of HealthGain, a wellness company devoted to prevention and alternative medicine, and FBT Worldwide, a private franchise combining the power of the high tech internet and high touch personal coaching. He is a freelance writer and the author of Prayer, Laughter & Broccoli, a survival guide for husbands soon to be translated into Zulu for South African breast cancer patients and their husbands. His next book, Tithe, America will be released by Grindstone Press in 2008.